malloc and buffer overflow attacks

[Era Scarecrow]

On Monday, 3 January 2022 at 01:29:11 UTC, Adam Ruppe wrote:
> On Monday, 3 January 2022 at 00:52:38 UTC, Brian Callahan wrote:
>> Perhaps D should provide a similar function
> ```d
> int[] array;
>
> array.length = 5;
> ```

I don't think that helps...

```d
long cnt=60, itemsize=100;

array.length = cnt*itemsize; //cannot pass argument `cnt * 
itemsize` of type `long` to parameter `uint newlength`
```

Even if you do your math there and it overflows, it's the same 
problem as using malloc.